Feasibility and safety of same day subcutaneous defibrillator implantation and send home (DASH) strategy.
Toshimasa OkabeAdrianne MillerTanner KoppertRafael CavalcantiDiego Alcivar-FrancoJemina OseiOmar KahalyMuhammad R AfzalJaret TylerSteven J KalbfleischRaul WeissMahmoud HoumsseRalph S AugostiniEmile G DaoudMichael J AndritsosSujatha BhandaryGalina DimitrovaKasey FioriniHamdy Elsayed-AwadAntolin FloresLeonid GorelikManoj H IyerSamiya SaklayenErica SteinKatja TurnerWilliam PerezJohn D HummelMichael K EssandohPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2019)
With the appropriate institutional protocol including specific analgesics and phone follow-up, same-day discharge after outpatient S-ICD implantation is feasible and appears safe for most patients.. Device-related pain can be severe in the first 3 days post-implantation and can be successfully treated with limited supply of narcotic medications.